GENERAL AGREEMENT ON Yo^Lh 1965

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1 RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON Yo^Lh 1965 TARIFFS AND TRADE Limited Distribution CONTRACTING PARTIES Twenty-Second Session ARTICLE XVIII - ANNUAL REVIEW UNDER PARAGRAPH 6 Background Document 1. At their twenty-second session the CONTRACTING PARTIES are to carry out the annual review under paragraph 6 of Article XVIII on the operation of releases granted under Sections C and D of that Article. At present only Ceylon applies measures under these provisions; this paper is based on information supplied by the Government of Ceylon. 2. By their Decision of 9 March 1964 the CONTRACTING PARTIES tended, in respect of the items specified in Section 3 of their Decision of 20 November 1958, as amended by Section 3 of the Decision of 20 November 1959 and by the Decision of 23 September i960, the period of validity of these Decisions until 27 August These Decisions granted a release under Section C of Article XVIII with respect to sarongs, sarees and cotton piece goods under the control of the Industrial Products Act. The items concerned are listed in Ann I. 3- Imports of the tariff items subject to regulation under the Industrial Products Act amounted to l6l million yards for the first eleven months in 1964 as compared with 77 million yards in 1963«Domestic production of ttiles was approximately 34 million yards provisional in 1964 as compared with approximately 32 million yards in Further details on trade and production figures for items covered by the release are given in Ann II. 4. The present standard ratio is one local to eight imported. No change in this ratio is pected. There is, however, no prospect of relaxing control under the Industrial Products Act in the immediate future until the local product becomes firmly established in the market. The industry is presently undergoing conversion in the method of production of sarongs from the use of twisted yam to single yarn under the tension of release granted to Ceylon by the Decision of 9 March During this period it is hoped to bring down the cost of production and improve the quality of the product. It is pected that protection under the Industrial Products Act will no longer be necessary at the end of this period.

2 L/2385 Page 2 ANNEX I List of s Granted under Section C of Article XVIII (Revised) Description Tariff Number granted by Decision of: (subject to the terms & conditions set out in...) Expiration date of the operative (i) Ttile manufactures Bed linen 656-0^ ll.58 (BI3D artificial silk and synthetic fibre - sarongs II.58 (BISD artificial silk and synthetic fibre - sarees (BISD Eighth Suppl. p. 22) cotton sarongs - mill-made cotton sarongs l mixed materials, sarongs mill-made mixed material, sarongs - l cotton camboys, mi11-made Ipor particulars see tt of the.

3 L/2385 Page 5 Description Tariff Number granted by- Decision of: (subject to the terms & conditions set out in...) Expiration date of the operative cotton camboys (BISD cotton sarees, mi-h-made cotton sarees, (BISD mixed materials, sarees, mill-made^ mixed materials, sarees, (ii) Products falling within the following tariff description (in so far as they can be cut into sarees or sarongs or correspond to the following items: grey cloth, drill, shawls poplin, long cloth, dothies, sheeting, casement, shirting, tussore, ticking and gingham). (bleached) (dyed) (colour woven) (printed) For particulars see tt of the.

4 L/2385 Page 4 Description Tariff Number granted by Decision of: (subject to the terms & conditions set out in...) Expiration date of the operative (others) (iii) Products of the following three grades of material: satin, hair cord, crêpe, (georgette crêpe; oriental crêpe, sheer crêpe, flat crêpe, pearl crêpe, beauty crêpe, crêpe de Chine) in so far as they can be cut into sarongs or sarees, falling within the following tariff description (BISD Ninth Suppl. pp. 23 and 24): Piece-goods of cotton mixed with less than 50 per cent of other materials Piece-goods of artificial silk 653-O5 and synthetic fibre including any admixtures where the artificial silk content is not less than 50 per cent in weight n.e.s. P. 27 (as amended)); (BISD Ninth Suppl. pp. 23 and 24) p. 27 (as amended)); (BISD Ninth Suppl. pp. 23 and 24)

5 o o ANNEX Il/ANNEXE II IMPORT OP TEXTILES / IMPORTATION DE MATIERES TEXTILES PIECE-OOODS/PISSUS (million yards/en millions de yards) SITC and / CTCI et YEAR/ ANNEE COTTON PIECE-GOODS aï/Tissus DE COTON DU N Bleached/ Dyed/ Colour Printed/ Other/ Total With less than Total blanchis teints woven/ imprimés autres 50# of other tissttb en material/ couleurs contenant moins do 50$ d'autres matières.01, FABRICS OP SYNTHETICS FIBRE AND SPUN GLASS:/ TISSUS DE FIBRES SYN THETIQUES ET DE VERRE PILE: TOTAL AND / TOTAL DES NUMEROS ET i (UP to / Jusqu'au ) I I O : : negligible/quantité négligeable. 'S 00 mvi II

6 ANNEX II (cont'd)/awnexe II (suite) SAREES. CAMBOYS. SARONG s/saris. CAMBOYS. SARONGS (million yards/en millions de yards) *> <t ^ SITC /CTCI ONvjl YEAR/ ANNEE SAIEES/SARIS Total sarees/ saris CAMBOYS Total camboys SARONGS Total TOTAL : : l.i ; i H ,3 - r , (Up to / Jusqu'au ) : Negligible/quantlté négligeable.

7 ANHEy II (cont'ci)/annexe II (suite) SUMMARY/RECAPITULATION ïeaiî/ ANNEE millions de yards millions do yards millions de yards Million taillions yards/ de yards millions de yards Mil lion yards/ millions At; yards Piece-goods/ Tissus des \os, Sarees/Sarls des Nos ,841.03, ,841.13, : '! Camboys/Camboys des Nos. 84i TO Sarongs/sarongs Total Piece-goods, Bed Linen, TabJe Linen des Nos. Sarees, Camboys, Toilet Linen, and 841*05.04, Sarongs/Total tissus Kitchen Linen other/ , saris, camboys, Draps de lit, linge de sarongs, des Nos. table, 1 inge de , , toilette, linge de cuisine autre, des Nos G , i II (Dp to / Jusqu'au )

GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE

GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE RESTRICTED L/1593 31 October 1961 Limited Distribution THIRD ANNUAL REVIEW UNDER ARTICLE XVIII: 6 Background Paper Prepared by the Secretariat 1. Paragraph 6 of Article